Alasdair Beckett-King

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Alasdair Beckett-King
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Beckett-King at the Utrecht International Comedy Festival 2018
Alma mater York St John University
Occupation(s) Stand-up comedian, programmer, actor, author
Years active2012–present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2019–present
Subscribers280,000 [1]
(May 2023)
Total views40.16 million [1]
(May 2023)
Last updated: 16 May 2023
Website abeckettking.com

Alasdair Beckett-King is an English stand-up comedian, video game writer, and actor from Durham. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, and Chortle's Breakthrough Comedian of the Year in 2023.

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Early life

Beckett-King is half-Scottish. [8] He attended York St John University and graduated in 2012. [9] [10] He holds an undergraduate degree in Politics and an MA in Journalism. [11]

Career

Beckett-King was listed among the finalists of So You Think You're Funny in 2013. He was also among the finalists of NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show in 2014. [12]

Beckett-King won the 2017 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. [13]

Beckett-King has appeared on The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith and Unforeseen Incidents . [14] He co-hosts the Loremen podcast with James Shakeshaft. [15]

Beckett-King created the adventure games Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! , released in 2007, and Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, released in 2016. [16] [17] He also wrote the script for the adventure game Unforeseen Incidents , released in 2018. [18]

Since 2019, he publishes comedy sketches, which are written, acted, produced and animated by himself, on his YouTube channel. [19]

In 2022, Beckett-King voiced the character of "The Floater" in Doctor Who: Redacted, produced by BBC Studios. [20] [21] He won the award for Breakthrough Act in the 2023 Chortle Awards. [22]

Beckett-King was an occasional panellist on Mock the Week , the British comic news quiz show, most notably appearing in the show's final ever episode. [23]

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  4. ↑ Edgar, Robert (2 November 2017). Basics Film-Making 03: Directing Fiction. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781350034631 – via Google Books.
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  7. ↑ @GlenLenSherman (31 March 2020). "@MisterABK Happy birthday Alasdair have a great day.🎂" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Mock the Week S20 E5. Stand-up challenge: Laura Lexx and Alasdair Beckett-King. , retrieved 10 June 2023
  9. ↑ Edgar, Robert; Marland, John; Richards, James (14 December 2017). Basics Film-Making 02: Screenwriting. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781350034709 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King | London Film School". lfs.org.uk.
  11. ↑ "Interview with comedian and animator Alasdair Beckett-King". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Steve Bennett (27 January 2014) "NATYS 2014 Final", Chortle
  13. ↑ "Comedians thank DMU students for making their lives easier". www.dmu.ac.uk.
  14. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett King". Top Secret Comedy Club.
  15. ↑ "About us". The Loremen Podcast. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet". Steam.
  17. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King Community". Youtube.
  18. ↑ "Wot I Think: Unforeseen Incidents". Rock Paper Shotgun. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "Alasdair Beckett-King". Youtube.
  20. ↑ "The TARDIS visits BBC Sounds in new spin-off podcast Doctor Who: Redacted". BBC. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
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